Due to his ongoing fight with leukemia and the need for a third bone marrow transplant, everyone's favorite sideline reporter Craig Sager is unable to cover basketball for NBC at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janerio. But since Sager is receiving treatment at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, he was able to take in Team USA's exhibition game against Nigeria on Monday.
And although Sager was there for leisure and not work, he still was able to go into Team USA's locker room and talk with the players, who welcomed him with hugs and well wishes:
Judging by the players' reactions, they will miss interacting with Sager at the Olympics but he is putting his health first, which is more important than anything else.
